Wind-guard for vehicles.



M. L. WILLIAMS. vvmu) mmm "run vvzzlfIIfCLLjxs. A'PPLIO'DF FILED JUNE 8( 1908. 1,OOO',1 37. Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

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oNlTED STATES A rATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN L. WILLIAMS, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

WIND-GUARD FOR VEHICLES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN L. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lYind-(ir'uards for Vehicles, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to windguards for vehicles, and refers more specifically to that type of collapsible windguards for automoA biles which comprise an upper and lower sash separated by horizont al meeting rails or sash frame members, and the upper member bein movably supported so as to b'e pable o being lowered alongside of the lower sash when not in use.

Among the salient objects of the present invention are to provide means for prevent ing the drip from the upper sash from Howing over the lower sash or from obscuring a" sight-opening which in certain positions of the sas is'formed between their proximate edges; to provide means for locking the upper sash member positively against lifting or bouncing movements `relatively to the lower sash and in this way entirely preventing or minimizing' rattling; to. provide means for preventing lateral movement of the upper sash relatively to the supporting frame members and in' this way obviating. or minimizing rattling; and in general to provide `imp'rovements in the details of constructionh and arrangement of a mechanism ofthe lcharacter referred. to.

The invention consists in the matters herey inafter described;l and .morel particularly pointed out in the a ended claims. In Vthe drawingigure 1 isl a fragmen tary view showlng in-perspective one o #the end portions of a mechanism'embodyinb the V invention, it` being understood 4that bdthl endsare alike; 'Fig 2 is a detailed sectional view through the adjacent parts of the sash frame to which the looking mechanism is, appllied; Fig. 3 isa. sectional view taken atl` rig t angles to that of Fig. 2, showing the same parts; Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view Vthrough the low'er sash rail ofthe upper sash; Fig. 5 is a'detail, with parts in section, of one of the pivot mechanisms whereby the Speciiication of Letters Patent.

Application led June 8,. 1908.

Patented Aug. 8, 191,1.

serial normanna.

with the forward end of one of the brackets.

4 and at its opposite end with a pivot clip 6 located approximately midheight of the upper sash. f

The upper sash is capable of being secured rigidly in ,either of two elevated positions, and is also capable of being llowered into a position parallel with and immediately in rear of the stationary lower sash. To lock the vmovable sash in either ofthe three positiohs mentioned, it is provided at each of its lower corners with a locking mechanism comprising a pair of supporting and conning earsor flanges 7, 7, (see Fig. 3) a latch `link designated as a whole 8 pivotally mounted as at 9 so as to spring laterally outward from, and inwardlyinto, position between said ears 7, and a confining stud 10 rigid with the inner side of the outer member or shellof the latch link and adapted to engage a suitable recess. or socket 11 formed in the subjacent part of the lower sash frame. Upon the lower sash frame, in the Apresent instance shown as formed integrally ,with the bracket member 4, are provided two 'confining ears 2, 12, with which the'upper ears or confining flanges 7 are adapted to be brought into registen so that the latch link may vlie between the two sets of ears and by bridging the meeting .joint between the upper and lower sashes, lock these two parts'toigether. The lower edges of the ears 1 9. are

of iinderout or hooked form, as indicated at '13 (Figs. 1 and 2), 'and-the latch link com` prises -a spring-supported locking bar orupper sash is supported.. Fig. 6 is a -detail ing ears, and

hooked portions 13 of the contigs., a' finger-hold or hook 1 6 wlni-V r., link, which prevents rattling'. Diheld upon the'pivot stud by means of a nutlink may be pulled downwardly algmmst the tension of the spring. lillie spring-pressed member 14 acting against the 'inwardly and upwardly inclined lower edges 5 13 oi. the members 12 tends to hug or crowd against the side frame of the sash and so operates to hold the stud in its socket 11., and at the, saine time prevent said parts from rattling.

nism by holding the upper sash positively against bouncing, and in this manne-r minimizes rattling.

Upon each bracket f1, preferably located about n'iidlength of the latter, are arranged flockingears 12, which are counterparts oi" the locking ears 12 hereinbefore described, and are suitably inclined and. located so that when theupper sash is tilted into the 2U position indicated: in Fig. 1 it may be locked ent invention resides in priniding means at the lower edge of the upper sash for eollecting and carrying oit' the water which Amay collect upon the upper sashand How tlown across tht latter. In the preferred vii' en'il'iodiment ilinstrated, the lower sash rail 1T see Fig i) p rm'ided with an integral trough-s iprfl extension 18 projecting outivardly from the front side ot' the sash and extending entirely across the latter.

The ends it thev trough are open, so that the water will hev iretily dischargml thcre- 'iiriin.V 'Ila rail having the troughshaped exten. ion is" comv niently made by .y drawing; the metal in' suitable cross sectional forni tlu'ca'iglin suitable drawing die, but,

of cou iia'yilieotherwise constructed.

Anothci `feature of the present invention consists" `in the provision of ai'iti-rattler means inthe pivot joints which vunite the parts. Referring to Fig. 5, 19 Vdesignates a..pivot stud |rigid with the pivotI clip 20 f off-the sashofail, and 21 designates the connecting end of one of the. links which is suitably apcrtured to titaecurately upon said pvot stud, as indicated` at 22, and is eounterbored. or enlarged, as indicated at 23, to provide a .spring chamber i`n which is arranged'a coiled spring yQ4 which is under compression in said .chamber between the inner end of the latter and the opposed shoulder 25 which surrounds the pivot stud 1.5); This arrangement insures aconstant separating thrust between the clip 20 and The link is The stud 10, on the other' l0 hand, supplements the elastic link mechathere is no tendency1 of the nut to work loose.

The anti-rattler spring ol'nf'iously operates to hold 'these parts under tension and against attlmg. Substantially the same inechanisn'i.

preferably embodied in the joints between the lower ends of the links and. the outer endsof the supporting brackets.

It will be obvious that the details of construction may be modified without ,l'eparting from the invention, and. I do not therefore Wish to be understood as limiting myself to these precise details, except in so far as they are specifically claimed.

I claim as my intention: I

1. In a 'ivindguard for vehicles, the cornbination with a stationary lower frame member and a movable upper frame-member, of links pivotally connecting said frame members, a. spring actuated link` pivotally connected to one of said frame members, a socketed member mounted'on the outer side of the other iframe member and adapted to Areceive said link for yieldably locking said upper member against move-ment, and a. transversely extendingT member'carried by said link for positively locking the upper member against movement in the direction permitted by said springr actuated link.-

2. In a wii'id-guard torvehieles, the coinbination' with a stationary lower frame member, of a movable upper rainc member, lin-ks pirotally connected at their ends to the respective frame members aspring actuated locking link for yieldably locking' said upper member against.- n'iovenient., and a stud projecting from said locking link and adapted to engage a socket 'formed in the lower member when said upper member is in locked position.

3. In a Wind-guard for vehicles, the cornvbination with a stationary lon-'er frame member, 'of a movable upper frame n'iienibcr, links pivotally connecting said frame meinbers together, spring actuated links pivot'- ally connected to the upper frame member, loc-king ears carried by the lower frame member and adapted to receive and hold said links in locked position, and supple- `mentary locking mechanism carried by said first locking' mechanism and engaging said .stationary frame member.

Lhln a Wind guard for vehicles. thecornbination with a lower frame i'neinbei, of an upper frame member movable relative to the ilo if: fi

lower member, linke pivot-ally connec'tn,Y c

said frame members, a spring actuated 1in arV locking mechanism carried by said lin'k an engagmg seld lower frame member.

MARTIN L`. WILLIAMS. Witnesses I BERTHA ESHLEMAN, MAME THOMAS. 

